Persian cooking: recipes · Polo & dami: rice dishes

Dampokhtak دمپختک

Yellow rice from Tehran with mung beans or broad beans and turmeric, cooked in one pot; simple and filling.

⏱ 60 min

Ingredients

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  • 1800 g basmati rice
  • 1125 g broad beans (frozen, peeled)
  • 4½ onions
  • 4½ tsp turmeric
  • 9 tbsp dill
  • 225 g butter
  • 13½ tbsp oil
  • 18 eggs
  • salt (to taste)

Method

  1. Fry the onion in oil and add the turmeric.
  2. Add the soaked rice, beans and 700 ml water, season with salt and boil uncovered until the water is almost absorbed.
  3. Add dill and butter, put on the cloth-wrapped lid and steam for 40 minutes over low heat.
  4. Serve with fried eggs or yogurt.